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J. S. PRINGLE.

GATE HANGER,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. PRINGLE, OF RIOHLAND, IOWA.

GATE-HANGER.

SPECIFIQATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,556, dated July 21, 1885.

Application led April 1U, 1884.

To @ZZ whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, JAMEs S. PRINGLE, a citizen of the'United States of America, residing at Richland, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the aceompanyin g drawings.

My invention relates to adjustable gates; and it consists in certain details-of the construction and operation of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth in l[he specication, and pointed out in the ac companying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 are side elevations of myiniproved gate; Fig. 3, a section of the same on the line x x, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4, a detail perspective view ofthe spring-hinge.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate that is vertically adjustable, and at the same time can be turned at right angles to the plane of its closed position or can be moved back directly in said plane.

The better to explain its construction and operation, I will now refer to the drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

I use the ordinary gate-p'osts, to one of which, A, I secure the locking-cleats a, and to the other, A, the hook O and the eyebolt or staple'E. The gate-panel B has one board or plank, b, extending outward beyond the edge of the panel to rest in the cleat a, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

To provide for the adjustment and movement of the gate, I use the spring-hinge C, made of spring metal bent and perforated in the center, as shown in Fig. 4, and having (No model.)

In Fig. 2 itis shown raised up to accommov date the snow. supports the second plank from the bottom, and ip Fig. Zthe lower plank rests on the roller in the hinge. It is apparent that the gate can be rolled directly baek in its own plane or can be swung around at right angles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The combination, with a gate, ofa hanger, O, consisting of a strip of spring metal bent at the center and provided thereat with a roller, and with a pivot-boleto receive a hookbolt in the gate-post, the opposite end of said hanger forming a neck for insertion in an eyebolt, the hanger being removably seated in said bearings whereby it may be placed underneath any bai-,of the gate, thereby rendering the gate vertically adjustable, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Intestimony whereof I afx my signature, in presence of two Witnesses, this 24th day of April, 1883.

JAMES S. PRINGLE.

Witnesses.

F. M. LovEEINGER, E. A. RoBINsoN.

In Fig. l the spring-hinge k, 

